Chapter C: cabinet, capitalization of, 17

_cadets_, capitalization of, 20

_caliber of guns_, punctuation of, 22

_caliber_, spelling of, 52

_campfire girls_, capitalization of, 20

_canine_, use as adjective, 34

Cannery, 57

_can not_, spelling of, 51

_cape_, capitalization of, 18

_capital_ misused for _capitol_, 52

Capitalization, rules governing, 17

_capitol_ misused for _capital_, 52

_cardinals_, how referred to, 48

Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 5

_casket_, prefer _coffin_ to, 50

_catalog_, spelling of, 52

_cello_, spelling of, 52

_century_, use ordinal with, 38

_certainly_, no degrees of, 55

_chamber_, _of deputies_, etc., capitalization, 18

_checks_, spelling of, 51

_Chile_, spelling of, 51

_Chili_, spelling of, 51

Chinese names, 45

Christmas preferred to _Xmas_, 18

_church_, capitalization of, 18
titles, 48

_cigaret_, spelling of, 52

_circumstance_, meaning of, 24

_cities_, abbreviation of, 42

_citizens_ misused for _persons_, 24

City directory, importance of, 5

City editor, telephone to, 4

_civil war_, capitalization of, 18

_claimant_ misused for _clamant_, 52

Clarity, 22-58

Clauses, punctuation of, 22

Cleanliness of thought, 3

Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain, 31

Clock time, how to write, 44

_clubs_, capitalization of, 17

_clue_, spelling of, 51

Cobb, Irvin S., quoted, 35

Cobbett, William, quoted, 34

_coffin_ preferred to _casket_, 50

Collective nouns, 25

_college_, capitalization of, 17

_college degrees_, abbreviation of, 44
capitalization of, 19

_collide_, only moving objects, 30

Colon, use of, 22
capitalization after, 17

_color_, spelling of, 52
of, 49

_comatose_, meaning of, 54

Commas, use of, 22

_compared to_, meaning of, 30

_compared with_, meaning of, 30

_Complected_ preferred to _complexioned_, 55

Compounds, how formed, 48

_consistently with_ preferred to _consistent with_, 33

_condition_, bad, preferred to _bad shape_, 55

_congress_, capitalization of, 18

Conjunctions, punctuation before, 22
in heads, 8
rules governing, 28

_consensus of opinion_, use of, 49

_consist in_ misused for _consist of_, 37

_consist of_ misused for _consist in_, 37

_constitution_, capitalization of, 20

_consul_, confused with _ambassador_, etc., 24
confused with _counsel_, 52

_consummated_, when to avoid, 50

_convict_, prefer _inmate_ to, 59

_cop_ barred, 54

Copy, reading, 6
preparation of, 7

Corrections, making, 1

_council_ confused with _counsel_, 52

_council chamber_, capitalization of, 20

_councilor_ confused with _counselor_, 52

_counsel_ confused with _council_, 52

_counselor_ confused with _councilor_, 52

_county_, capitalization of, 18

_coup de grace_, use of, 54

_coup d'etat_, use of, 54

_couple_, misuse of, 24

_courthouse_, capitalization of, 20

_courts_, capitalization of, 17

Creed, journalist's, 25

_critically_ preferred to _dangerously_, 33

_crown prince_, capitalization of, 17

_Cupid_, avoid use of, 50

_curb_, spelling of, 51

Curiosity, 4

Cuttlefish, 7

_czar_, capitalization of, 17